St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-28
swINEFoRD RoAsTs THEM.
hlaska's Governor Tnrns Over Some
of the Recent Appointments to
His Territory.

klaskass Governor TNrnS Over Some
of the Recent Appointments TO
His Territory.
Gov. and Mrs. A. T.. Swineford, of
Alaska, were at the Ryan Yesterday. They
arrived early in the morning, as the gov
ernor intended to take the train for the
coast in the evening. He concluded to stay
over until to-day, however, as he would be
detained a week anyway, which he diScov-
cred on glancing at the time card. He will
90 to Portland and stay there day. and
then take steamer to Victoria, b. c.
The governor looks robust and talks vigor-
ously, Notwithstanding he has been on three
weeks sick leave at his home, at Marquette.
Mich. since leaving Washington. While
at Washington he worked without rest for
his territory, and succeeded in having the
educational and Indian appropriations in
creased, and obtaining better naval service.
He has also carried through measure
which was much needed by
miners. Now, their mining claims
are to be recognized without
and trouble He also succeeded in getting
a bill for territorial government and eX-
tension of the land laws favorably reported
upon by the committee, but it was never
reached. court-martial for Lieut.. Com
manier Nichols was obtained, and the
appointment of a new collector of customs
was secured. Regarding the appointment
of John McCatferty as collector, Gov.
Swineford talked without concealing his
bitter opposition TO the man.
1T is the general talk in the territory-and
the newspapers say so too-that he is 'Sus-
pect No. l. of the Ph9nIx Park murder. -
said he. why, he villainouSly asSailed Judge
yifhOnt wD0tlVpr and
he is the man who melted the mob to attack
the Chinese on Douglas island. / wanted to
get Peter French suspended. but I would
prefer fifty Frenchs to one McCafferty.
When we first got news by boat
of McCafferty's appointment nobody would
believe it. Everybody laughed and said it
must be hoax. Invent to Washington and
saw President Cleveland and acquainted the
president with what the mans character
really was. The president laughed and said
it was the second mistake he had made re-
speeding Alaska since assuming the admins
tration. told him l would prefer to have
his name withdrawn from the senate. The
president told me to go ana look at the papers
N Secretary Thompson possession. ] went,
and among a dozen applications McCafferty's
vas the only one that
HAD NO CHARGES
fled against it. Why the man had indol Sc
ments all the way from Maine to California
good men, too; men like Gen. Pat Collins,
congressman of Massachusetts; Congressman
Moran, of Virginia, and Heny, of California.
| went to Gen. Collins. He said he had known
McCafferty about twenty years or so ago, and
onls casually at that, but he always thought
he was a pretty good fellow. Moran thought
he was all right, and Henly did also. but many
of the men who endorsed him did not have the
least idea that he would have been appointed,
or they wouldn't have given him their names.
Well, 1 went back to Secretary Thompson
again, and then you should have seen the
letters against him pouring in. There was
one from Berian Brown, of Seattle. ". T.,
giving him fits. The president concluded to
Withdraw his name. When he asked me who
l would like to have appointed, l said any
body that Postmaster General Villas would
inuorse. Gen. Villas recommended Arthur X.
Delaney, of Wisconsin, who was in the Bragg
fight. So Delaney was appointed, and is now
only waiting for the approval of his bond.
He is an excellent man.. He isn't afraid of
anyboyd and is good lawyer.
LAS for Nichols the naval commander.
Nichols made his boasts that he was going
down to Washington to make it hot for me.
He said | had too much of the big head,
and wanted to run things all my own way.
Three of the charges he brought against me
he president and Secretary Whitney knew
personally to be lies, and they thought the
fourth fone must be falsehood also upon
general principles. The way he has made it
hot for me is that have succeeded in getting
II court-nartial for him. He is charged with
conduct unbecoming an officer, with using
lis vessel for his own private purposes, and
with refusing to cooperate with the gov
ernor. When the mob went over to Douglas
island they took eightyfour Chinese and
threw them into two little hve-ton sloops. Then
they threw in few bags of rice and started
from Juneau to Wranele. They were only
ifteen miles out from Juneau when | went to
Nichols and requested him to set out after
them. He had the Pinto in command. Three
times went to him with q request, and each
time he had some excuse. 1t was his duty to
90 and my duty to ask him to do so. The new
commander Newell, is an excellent gentle
man. The Thetus is to come up, under the
command of Lieut.. Emery, first-cass gentle
man, too, who in Grants time commanded
the junketing expeditions. This adminstra-
ton not needing any such expeditions.
Emery applied for active service and was
placed in command of the Thetus. He looks
4 little dudish at first sight but he is good
officer and an excellent fellow. He doesn't
need to come all the way up to Alaska. He
has wife
WORTH ABOUT 1000, 900,
and four pretty children, and besides he has
one of the finest residences on Connecticut
avenue. Lieut.. Emery was out with the
Greeley expedition. | expect TO take a sail
in the Arctic with him this summer.
but IL you want to know anything about
McCafferty go to Harry Davis or Passenger
APGul rec. I'll Tue fUcIUc. w ny,
the two times he was up i'll Alaska-the first
time he had TO borrow money to leave, and
che last time the people of Juneau raised
some money to get him to go.
Commissioner Cowles has acted in a very
nngrateful manner. He went into mine
with my brother and then set up Il scheme 10
run down the mining stock and drive out my
brother, Clark. of Madison, and other Wis
s:onsin stockholders. / appointed him com
missioner of the territory for the second New
Orleans exposition.
There is no foundation for the reports
that the resignation of Mr.. Montgomery. late
commissioner Of patents, was the result of
difficulty between him and the secretary OF
the interior. Invariably whenever matters
carne up affecting Michigan the president
aud the secretary of the interior called in Mr.
Montgomery and consulted with him. Mr..
Montgomery told me a month before he re-
igfied that if he stayed until his term cx-
tired he would have 10 borrow money to get
nome-his salary was insufficient. ] know OF
one retainer's fee which he gets at home
amounting TO $4,000. He is a good man and
well liked.
The result of prohibition in our territory
is that we get ali the free whisky we want,
aud horribly poor whisky at that